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Making a Mathematical Statistics Course More Modern
USCOTS 2025
Jessica Chapman
St. Lawrence University (USA)
Matt Higham
2025-07-18
Who Are We
slide about Jessica
Who Are We
slide about Matt
Your Turn
Form groups of 3 to 5 people with those around you. Introduce yourselves and INSERT SOME INTRO QUESTION.
Motivation
- What more can we do to make math stat more “useful?”
- ADD OTHER GOALS HERE AFTER MORE IS FLESHED OUT
What Do We Mean by “Math-Stat”?
Motivation: Student Feedback
Feedback A
“I really only think this class is applicable to someone going to grad school or heavily love mathematics. The class is great in that it is difficult and extends your math but very low applicability to life/career.”
Feedback B
“There are so many components of this course that I will be able to apply to my future career and life experiences, a lot of which I think everyone regardless of field of study should at least know a little about.”
other options: “This course has helped my learning because it increased my understanding of important statistical concepts that I will be able to apply in the near future! Also, through this course I have gained critical thinking skills and improved my work on conceptual problems.”
other options: “I really enjoyed the real world examples we used and that not every project was analytical; there was a lot of conceptual material as well which made the course well rounded.”
Activity
Might be nice to do an activity here to break up the “presentation” part of the breakout session, especially if the lit review slides end up going before in/out.
Literature Review
assuming the lit. review has some comments on what should go in / out, this can either precede or follow the in/out activity?
Activity: In or Out?
Activity: Mini-Projects
Activity: Assessment
Modernizing Undergraduate Stat. Theory Course